Speech Understanding and Listening Effort Benefits of Hearing Instruments

Part of paid clinical trials in Tampa, Florida.

Sponsor
Sonova AG
Study ID
NCT07116135
Status
Recruiting
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Conditions

  • Hearing Loss, Bilateral

Eligibility Criteria

Sex
ALL
Age
18 Years - 95 Years
Healthy Volunteers
Not accepted

Interventions

  • hearing instruments — DEVICE
    Participants will be fit with three different models of hearing instruments.

Study Details

The goal of this clinical study is to investigate the benefits of hearing instrument use in adults with hearing loss. The main questions it aims to answer are: Does hearing instrument use improve speech understanding and listening effort amount people with hearing loss? Researchers will compare varying models of hearing instruments to see how speech understanding and listening effort are impacted. Participants will be asked to wearing varying hearing instruments and participate in lab-based activities to evaluate their speech understanding, listening effort, and subjective preference.

Key Dates

Start date
Feb 5, 2025
Status verified
Jan 2025
Primary completion
Dec 31, 2025
Completion
Dec 31, 2025

Study Design

Enrollment
30 participants (estimated)
Allocation
NA
Intervention model
SINGLE_GROUP
Primary purpose
TREATMENT

Arms

  • Experimental: Hearing instrument users
    Individuals with hearing impairment will be fit with three different models of hearing instruments. They will all be fit with the same hearing instruments, although they will not be aware which model they are using at the time of testing.

Primary Outcome Measure

Speech intelligibility as assessed by the Coordinate Response Measure (CRM) Task [ Time Frame: Data is collected during the second lab visit for each participant, approximately 2 weeks after study enrollment. The duration of the study visit including testing is approximately 2.5 hours. ]

Central Contacts

Locations (1)

FacilityCityStateZIPSite coordinators
University of South Florida Auditory Neurosciences & Technology LabTampaFlorida33612
Study Coordinator
[email protected]
813-974-4148

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